I.D Help with Vieja Species

[CANAMONSTER]

Anyone have a idea what these little guys are?

 

[kno4te]

Looks synspilum.

 

[Niki_up]

Looks synspilum.

I disagree.
Synspilum’s black mark on the side of the body only goes 1/3rd of the way down the body, maybe stopping at about the beginning of the anal fin.

 

[CANAMONSTER]

I also thought syn but the thought exactly what Niki_up mentioned

 

[CANAMONSTER]

Can’t really notice in the photo but they also have a bluish green hue in the belly

 

[Niki_up]

Can’t really notice in the photo but they also have a bluish green hue in the belly

Maybe try looking up pics of zonatus and see if that kind of matches the ones you have.

you might have to wait for them to grow a bit more.

 

[duanes]

Below is a young melanurus (AKA synspiluu, is no longer a valid name, since DNA testing shows melanurus and synspilus to be color morphs of the same species) and the name melanura was used first, so invalidates synspila

And although many Vieja are almost indistinguishable at a young age,...yours looks more zonata, fenestrata or
guttulata to me
below young breidhori for comparison